The Department of Health and Human Services has pledged over $200 million in funding to support 988 suicide crisis hotlines and crisis support services.
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Officials in Michigan's Macomb County are proposing a behavioral health-focused $228 million central intake center for the county jail complex, the Detroit Free Press reported May 12.
Routt County in Colorado has received $3.6 million from the state's Department of Education School Health Professional Grant Program to provide mental health services among its school districts, Steamboat Pilot & Today reported May 14.
Carlsbad, Calif.-based CHE Behavioral Health Services has teamed up with NextGen Healthcare, a medical software and services company, to improve access to mental health services.
Somerville, N.J.-based Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset, part of West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health, opened a revamped outpatient behavioral health center with more rooms and expanded services.
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As it becomes increasingly popular for patients to access therapy from the convenience of their own homes, many digital behavioral health companies are completing significant financing rounds.
Portland, Ore.-based Legacy Health has teamed up with Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center in Iola to expand primary care and mental health services, Fort Scott Biz reported May 6.
Jacksonville, Fla.-based Wolfson Children's Hospital has received $3 million from the Players Championship Village toward its new $9.5 million inpatient behavioral health unit, the Florida Times-Union reported May 3.
Uwill, a teletherapy platform for college students, raised $30 million in series A financing.
The University of South Florida in Tampa has received $8 million from the U.S. Department of Education to improve school-based mental health programs.